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weep [wept, wept, weeping, weeps] (to cry, shed tears) verb [UK: wiːp] [US: ˈwiːp] | 流眼泪 /liú yǎnlèi/verb 流眼淚verb |
weeping willow (Salix babylonica) noun [UK: ˈwiːp.ɪŋ ˈwɪ.ləʊ] [US: ˈwiːp.ɪŋ ˈwɪˌlo.ʊ] | 垂柳 /chuíliǔ/noun |
weevil [weevils] (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea) noun [UK: ˈwiː.vɪl] [US: ˈwiː.vəl] | 象鼻蟲noun |
a new broom sweeps clean (new management will often make radical changes) phrase [UK: ə njuː bruːm swiːps kliːn] [US: ə nuː ˈbruːm ˈswiːps ˈkliːn] | |
between (in the position or interval that separates two things) preposition [UK: bɪ.ˈtwiːn] [US: bɪ.ˈtwiːn] | 之間preposition 之间 /zhījiān/preposition 間preposition 间 /jiān/preposition |
between a rock and a hard place (having the choice between two unpleasant options) preposition | 进退两难 /jìntuìliǎngnán/preposition 進退兩難preposition |
between jobs ((euphemistic) unemployed) preposition [UK: bɪ.ˈtwiːn dʒɒbz] [US: bɪ.ˈtwiːn ˈdʒɑːbz] | 暂时待业 /zànshí dàiyè/preposition 暫時待業preposition |
between Scylla and Charybdis (idiomatic) preposition | 進退維谷 /jìntuìwéigǔ/preposition |
bittersweet (both bitter and sweet) adjective [UK: ˈbɪ.tərˌ.swit] [US: ˈbɪ.tər.ˌswit] | 苦甜 /kǔtián/adjective |
biweekly [biweeklies] (something published or released once every two weeks) noun [UK: bi.wee.kli] [US: baɪ.ˈwiː.kli] | 双周刊noun |
biweekly (every two weeks) adverb [UK: bi.wee.kli] [US: baɪ.ˈwiː.kli] | 两周一次adverb |
biweekly (occurring every two weeks) adjective [UK: bi.wee.kli] [US: baɪ.ˈwiː.kli] | 两周一次adjective |
biweekly (occurring twice a week) adjective [UK: bi.wee.kli] [US: baɪ.ˈwiː.kli] | 一周两次adjective |
biweekly (twice a week) adverb [UK: bi.wee.kli] [US: baɪ.ˈwiː.kli] | 一周两次adverb |
chickweed (herb) noun [UK: ˈtʃɪ.kwiːd] [US: ˈtʃɪ.kwiːd] | 繁縷noun 繁缕 /fánlǚ/noun |
common chickweed (herb) noun [UK: ˈkɒ.mən ˈtʃɪ.kwiːd] [US: ˈkɑː.mən ˈtʃɪ.kwiːd] | 繁縷noun 繁缕 /fánlǚ/noun |
common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) noun | 豚草 /túncǎo/noun |
duckweed (plant) noun [UK: ˈdʌ.kwiːd] [US: ˈdʌ.ˌkwid] | 水草noun 水萍 /shuǐpíng/noun 浮萍 /fúpíng/noun 苹 /píng/noun 荇菜 /xìngcài/noun 萍 /píng/noun |
fashion week (event) noun | 時裝周noun 時裝週noun |
few and far between (rare and scarce) adjective | 少之又少 /shǎozhīyòushǎo/adjective |
fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) noun [UK: ˈfaɪəˌrwid] [US: ˈfaɪəˌr.wid] | 柳兰 /liǔlán/noun 柳蘭noun |
flixweed (Descurainia sophia) noun | 播娘蒿noun |
forbidden fruit is the sweetest (forbidden things seem more appealing) phrase [UK: fə.ˈbɪd.n̩ fruːt ɪz ðə ˈswiː.tɪst] [US: fər.ˈbɪd.n̩ ˈfruːt ˈɪz ðə ˈswiː.təst] |